title: [Virosphere and giruses].
abstract: Novel findings and concepts in the field of virology particularly regarding virosphere and giruses--a group of large nuclear-cytoplasmic deoxyriboviruses are briefly summarized. In the context of novel understanding the major taxonomic features and virus pathogenicity including African swine plague are interpreted.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Makarov
mesh_terms: D000357:African Swine Fever / Q000821:virology; D000358:African Swine Fever Virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D002213:Capsid / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000821:virology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017994:Iridovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D056686:Mimiviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018708:Picobirnavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral